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Carmen — is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, [The novella was first published in 1845 in serial form in La… … Wikipedia

Carmen — Carmen, the fictitious story of a Spanish Gypsy, was written by Prosper Mérimée in 1846 after he visited a Spanish cigarette factory, and it was turned into an opera by Georges Bizet in 1875. It is said that Mérimée wrote the story in just… … Historical dictionary of the Gypsies

Carmen — f Spanish form of CARMEL (SEE Carmel), altered by folk etymology to the form of the Latin word carmen song. It is now sometimes found as a given name in the English speaking world, in spite of, or perhaps because of, its association with the… … First names dictionary